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简介

The power window regulators in the W123 cars are powered by a motor with a gear that moves corresponding gears on the regulator. These motors are very robust and when a window is not moving up and down properly it's often the regulator, not the motor, that is the problem. However, they are not everlasting or invincible!

Age, combined with a certain amount of abuse when using the motor on a regulator that is rubbing, jamming, or skipping can lead to a motor that runs slowly or intermittently. Often, they can be brought back to life with some repair/maintenance. In this guide, you'll learn to open up one of the two styles of motors; in this case, the motors that have a sealed rear cover that must be drilled open. Once open, the electrical motor can be cleaned and the gears can be re-greased and you can likely get several more decades of use out of your motors! Plus, by modifying this style of motor as outlined in this guide it will be easier to maintain the next time you decide to clean and grease it.

工具

配件

To access and perform maintenance and repair on your power window regulator motors you will of course first need to remove the regulator. For the rear window regulators, click here to review the removal guide.

You will then need to remove the motor from the regulator by first removing the three 10mm bolts that attach it in place.

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Before starting this guide, confirm that you are reviewing the guide for the correct motor type for your situation. This guide covers the "Drill Open" style of motor, as seen on the left. If you have a "Screw Open" style of motor as seen on the right click here to review this guide instead.

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Pry the cover off with a flat blade screwdriver; with the rivets weakened by drilling they will snap and the cover will come free.

Step up to a slightly bigger drill bit and drill out more of the rivets from the gear housing as shown, and from the rivet holes in the cover. The goal is to remove most of the rivet material from the four holes in the housing, and all of the material from the holes in the cover.

Repeat this drilling until you reach a 1/8" drill bit. This is the largest bit you'll want to use.

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Once dry, grease the large plastic gear and the worm gear on the motor with a synthetic grease such as silicone based SuperLube. Avoid petroleum greases such as vaseline or moly grease as they can damage plastic and rubber parts.

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Finish by reattaching the two housings together, and then attaching the cover with your new screws.

In this situation, the metal remaining after the rivets were drilled out was just soft enough that the screws bit in to the metal and tapped their own thread. If necessary the holes can be tapped with a thread tapping tool to allow for new screws to be installed.